At First Baptist Norfolk, meeting Pat Robertson, and the Coast Guard
I am at First Baptist Norfolk today.
It seems that there are two "First" Baptist megachurches in Norfolk, one here and the one I am at here. Interestingly, according to pastor Eric Thomas, it was the predominantly African-American "First" Baptist that birthed the predominantly Anglo "First" Baptist.
Eric wrote his PhD. dissertation on evangelism in postmodern culture. I read it last year and was impressed with his thinking and approach.
If you came to the SBC this year, you know that Eric Thomas "preached" a great offering at the Pastors Conference.
I preached three services this morning and did their Fall leadership training tonight.
Oddly enough, this one church has employed Ken Hemphill, former President of Southwestern Seminary, Bob Reccord, former President of NAMB, and Geoff Hammond, current President of NAMB.
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Pat Robertson
At lunch today, we visited briefly with Pat Robertson who is in better shape than I am-- though I did wonder if he could still do that 2000 lb leg lift. :-)
By the way, if you want to work on your own 1 ton leg presses, see this how-to article here.
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Coast Guard
Tomorrow morning I will be at a guest of the Coast Guard. They have asked that I train their chaplains in the Spring, focused on understanding emerging culture and generations. As part of that preparation, I will be touring some bases and learning more about Coast Guard culture. It should be interesting and I have received clearance from the Public Affairs Office to blog on the trip... and I will do so tomorrow.
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